JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM
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Course: Water and landscape

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Course title Water and landscape
Course code KZP/1WALA
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 15
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Macháč Jan, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Slavíková Lenka, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Comprehensiveness of water management systems in conjunction with landscape and other components. 2. Challenges and threats (drought, floods, pollution). 3. Adaptation and mitigation capacities in urban and country settings from a social science point of view. 4. Effects of ownership (contracting authority) on functioning in this area. 5. Introduction to water-related methodology: institutional analysis, key stakeholder analysis, cost-benefit analysis, cost effectiveness analysis, game theory, experiments, etc. 6. Identification of preferences of various key stakeholders. How to include them in decision-making. 7. Communication: how to communicate measures to general public. 8. Problem-solving on a larger scale: upstream/downstream and effects of private ownership. 25 Examples of valuation of various ecosystem service types in water management (provisioning/regulating/cultural ecosystem services).

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
learning outcomes
Knowledge
After taking the subject, the student will understand basic topics in the area of water and landscape from the social science point of view; know different methods and approaches to handling problems in the area of water and be able to discuss their (dis)advantages and possible uses in specific situations (including barriers, limits and requirements for their use); be informed about other instruments applicable in the environmental area, particularly in upstream-downstream issues; be able to apply selected methods in connection to their dissertation topic; experience decision-making of key players in a flood game; be able to critically assess suitability and correctness of approaches applied, and thus assess relevance of problems.
Recommended literature
  • HARTMANN, T., SLAVÍKOVÁ, L., MCCARTHY, S. (eds.). Nature-Based Flood Risk Management on Private Land. Springer, Cham., 2019. ISBN 978-3-030-23841-4.
  • MACHÁČ, J., DUBOVÁ, L., LOUDA, J., HEKRLE, M., ZAŇKOVÁ, L., BRABEC, J. Metodika pro ekonomické hodnocení zelené a modré infrastruktury v lidských sídlech. Ústí nad Labem: Institut pro ekonomickou a ekologickou politiku (IEEP), 2019.
  • SLAVÍKOVÁ, L. a kol. Metodika k aplikaci výjimek z důvodu nákladové nepřiměřenosti opatření k dosahování dobrého stavu vodních útvarů. VÚV T. G. M., 2015. ISBN 978-80-87402-42-9.
  • SLAVÍKOVÁ, L., VEJCHODSKÁ, E., SLAVÍK, J., VOJÁČEK, O., LOUDA, J. Ekonomie životního prostředí ? teorie a politika. Praha: Alfa nakladatelství, 2012. ISBN 978-80-87197-45-5.
  • SÝKOROVÁ, M. a kol. ODA VE MĚSTĚ Metodika pro hospodaření s dešťovou vodou ve vazbě na zelenou infrastrukturu. Praha: České vysoké učení technické, 2021.


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JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM, date of update: 09.05.2024 08:26.